Not your average firm.

We're a team of professionals dedicated to growing and protecting the wealth of our clients, and providing an unmatched client experience

A Consistent & Focused Approach to Comprehensive Wealth Management

Since its founding in Florence, SC more than 20 years ago, the Armstrong Wealth Management Group has been specializing in serving the financial needs of medical professionals, retirees, and those close to retirement, and busy professionals. By focusing on these individuals, we have been able to consistently build a body of knowledge and experience that other generalized firms are typically unable to match.

From familiarity with the particular types of risks our clients typically face and the opportunities available to them, to the smallest of interactions we've been able to hone and polish our approach as we strive to deliver the highest quality wealth management services with the best in class client experience.

Serving with Lighthouse Ministries.

Christian Values Portfolio

Faith. Investments. No compromise.

For clients who would like to align their investments with their faith.

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About the Christian Values Portfolio

For clients who would like to align their investments with their faith, we offer as an option our Christian Values Portfolio. Customized for each client's individual risk profile, the Christian Values Portfolio has these characteristics:

Christian values screening at the investment level. Generally speaking the managers will not invest in any company in the abortion or pornography industries. Most will also not invest in liquor, tobacco, and gambling companies.

Use of our WealthProtect System to potentially reduce equity downside risk.

Contact Us NowThere is no guarantee that a diversified portfolio will enhance overall returns or outperform a non-diversified portfolio. Diversification does not protect against market risk. No strategy assures success or protects against loss.

About our Clients

Our clients–doctors, retirees, and busy professionals–don't have the time or desire to manage everything themselves, but they do want to understand the strategy, and always be kept informed and in the know. They want to prepare for tomorrow, without sacrificing today. They have families with unique goals and challenges, and rightly expect us to help them find the right solutions–not simply try to fit them into a box. They expect an enjoyable client experience from their wealth management firm, and don't settle for "okay"–let alone sloppiness or unprofessionalism. Our clients care about their communities, and value doing business with people who recognize that blessings come with responsibilities.

About LPL Financial

LPL Financial is one of the nation’s leading financial services companies and a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ under ticker symbol LPLA. The firm’s mission is rooted in the belief that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. LPL does not offer proprietary investment products or engage in investment banking activities; this means advisors affiliated with LPL are not pressured or influenced by LPL to sell its products. Thousands of financial advisors nationwide are able to rely on the firm’s tools and resources to help them provide financial guidance and recommendations to help meet their clients’ needs.
Learn more about our enabling partner, LPL Financial

Investing in our Communities

Blessed with a thriving business, we believe that it is important and necessary to give of ourselves and help strengthen our community. As a company, we've taken a pledge to donate at least 2% of our revenues to organizations working to serve our area, and all of us regularly volunteer in various organizations. While we support many organizations, our major causes which receive our primary focus are Lighthouse Ministries, and All 4 Autism, two organizations serving the Pee Dee area and doing a world of good.

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What Makes us Tick

Our Cultural Values are the core of who we are and are a part of what we do and how we do it

By default, or design every company has a unique culture. Just think of IBM and Apple. When you consider IBM, you likely think of professionals dressed in blue suits. When you think of Apple, you probably picture a free-thinking and very casual work atmosphere that fosters innovation. Company culture can be a powerful force for good but, as is too often seen, a toxic culture can be devastating. So as a firm based on Christian principles, we take seriously our responsibility to foster a good work culture. We've built and continue to support our culture by design: to help us be our best and do our best at every moment.

God & Family First

Integrity & Confidentiality

The Client is Our Employer

Do It Right the First Time

Deliver an Elite Client Experience

Continuous Improvement

Leverage Technology

Systematize Everything

Document Everything

Give Back to the Community

Our Cultural ValuesClick a value to learn more about it.

God & Family FirstWe want our associates to work to live, not live to work.

Integrity & ConfidentialityWhen we say we’ll do something, our clients can bank on it; and everything is private.

The Client is Our EmployerOur clients are our real bosses. We are here to serve them.

Do It Right the First TimeThere is plenty of room to make mistakes, but not with a client’s money. It is easier to get it right than to fix it.

Deliver an Elite Client ExperienceWe want to under promise and over deliver. We want to deliver an exceptional personal level of attention to our clients.

Continuous ImprovementI am a tinkerer. I am always testing things and trying to see if we can do it better, cheaper, faster, etc. I also expect our associates to seek ways to improve their personal areas of responsibility and to help the firm improve as a whole.

Leverage TechnologyWe want to maximize modern technology to improve our offering and the way we do business. High tech, however, should never be at the expense of high touch.

Systematize EverythingBy making sure we have systems in place, we can deliver consistent service with less potential for errors.

Document EverythingEvery conversation or action relating to a client must be recorded. This is not just for regulatory reasons. If one of us gets a call from a client regarding a certain ongoing situation, the details of what has already occurred are easily accessible.

Give Back to the CommunityWe are blessed to have a thriving business. We believe in supporting charitable causes, especially local ones, to help those who are in need.

An Outstanding TeamWith Unique Experience

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Reginald A.T.Armstrong

CPWA®President, Client Wealth Manager & Partner

LeeCarter III

AWMA®, CLTCClient Wealth Manager & Partner

Matt S.Ridenhour

CFP®, MBA, CRPS®Client Wealth Manager & Partner

Leslie D.Moore

Practice Manager

Emily S.Ridenhour

FPQP™Client Service Manager

Jason S.Christmas

CFP®Portfolio Strategy Assistant

RhondaHaynes

Client Experience Specialist

Crystal LeeButler

MBAMarketing Consultant

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Reginald A.T. Armstrong CPWA®

President, Client Wealth Manager & Partner

Reginald A.T. Armstrong (Regi) is the President, a Client Wealth Manager, and a partner of the Armstrong Wealth Management Group, a comprehensive fee-based wealth management firm in Florence, South Carolina. He combines discipline learned from his military experience, Christian values, and caring dedication to his clients to craft customized strategies that may lead to more predictable results.

Lee Carter III AWMA®, CLTC

Client Wealth Manager & Partner

H. Lee Carter III (Lee) is a Client Wealth Manager and partner of the Armstrong Wealth Management Group, a comprehensive fee-based wealth management firm in Florence, South Carolina. He has served in roles such as Director of Sales and Marketing, in which he helped the firm triple its brokerage and advisory assets under management through LPL Financial. As Client Wealth Manager, Lee conducts client reviews, evaluates their financial portfolios, and meets with prospective clients.

Matt S. Ridenhour CFP®, MBA, CRPS®

Client Wealth Manager & Partner

Matthew S. Ridenhour (Matt) is a Client Wealth Manager and a partner of the Armstrong Wealth Management Group, a comprehensive fee-based wealth management firm in Florence, South Carolina. Matt’s primary responsibilities include conducting client reviews, evaluating their financial portfolios, and meeting with prospective clients. Matt also maintains communication with clients and schedules appointments for all of the Client Wealth Managers.

Leslie D. Moore

Practice Manager

Leslie D. Moore is the Practice Manager and Senior Client Service Manager of the Armstrong Wealth Management Group, a comprehensive fee-based wealth management firm in Florence, South Carolina. Leslie’s proactive and highly organized nature contributes to providing clients with an optimal client experience at Armstrong Wealth. Her methodical approach to learning and problem solving helps her develop and implement processes in an extremely efficient and accurate manner. Leslie prides herself on being attentive and responsive to the desires of clients.

Emily S. Ridenhour FPQP™

Client Service Manager

Emily Ridenhour joined the team in August of 2011 as a Client Service Manager of the Armstrong Wealth Management Group, a comprehensive fee-based wealth management firm in Florence, South Carolina. She assists in servicing client’s non-investment related needs, which includes handling client accounts and customer service, as well as office administration. Her positive attitude, professionalism, and organizational skills are essential for keeping the firm’s top-notch customer service.

Jason S. Christmas CFP®

Portfolio Strategy Assistant

Jason S. Christmas is the Portfolio Strategy Assistant for the Armstrong Wealth Management Group, a comprehensive fee-based wealth management firm in Florence, South Carolina. His primary responsibility is to assist the wealth managers with the following: prepare reviews, evaluate appropriate strategies, and conduct investment research. He also serves as the office’s Information Technology Specialist.

Rhonda Haynes

Client Experience Specialist

Rhonda Haynes is the Client Experience Specialist at the Armstrong Wealth Management Group, a comprehensive fee-based wealth management firm in Florence, South Carolina. Rhonda is responsible for ensuring that every person’s call to, or visit with, Armstrong Wealth is a truly personal and special experience. Additionally, she is responsible for a variety of administrative functions in the office.

Crystal Lee Butler MBA

Marketing Consultant

Crystal is the Marketing Consultant at the Armstrong Wealth Management Group, a comprehensive fee-based wealth management firm in Florence, South Carolina. She collaborates with the firm to create a consistent, results-oriented, marketing presence. Those responsibilities include strategic marketing, website management, social media management, lead development, advertising, merchandising, and communications.

Without a number of different folks with a diversity of certifications, education, and experience on a client's advisory team, many firms bring a narrow perspective to bear on clients' issues & opportunities.

Us: Collaborative and service-oriented.

We know that clients' lives are easier, and our strategies better informed if we work closely with our clients' tax and estate advisors–so we do.

Them: Sorry, we don't do that.

Whether it's unwillingness, or inability, many financial services firms simply don't take the time to coordinate with your tax and estate advisors.

Us: Individualized goal-based tax-efficiencies.

We focus on your goals, and ensure we are choosing strategies that we believe are best suited to them-we don't believe in one-size-fits-all.

Them: Generalized tax-efficiency. Or… not.

Not everyone is at the same point in their financial journey, and not everyone has the same goals. That means tax-efficiency strategies should be individualized-but they often are not.

Us: Real relationships for the long-haul.

Our company culture is intentionally built around people-first principles that encourage long-term investment in relationships. Taking genuine interest in our clients as individuals and families, we have access to non-proprietary investment strategies for all our clients' various financial needs, including insurance. We're not limited or pressured by proprietary products.

Them: Proprietary Products for Profit.

Often, especially with brand names, your advisor is just one piece of a much bigger machine focused on creating and selling ever-repackaged products & services... Making you the captive audience for the marketing department.

Us: Rules-based strategy to sell.

We have a comprehensive rules-based strategy–the WealthProtect System–that takes into account both objective and subjective measures of the market and is designed (but not guaranteed) to limit significant losses in major bear markets (excess of 30% loss from market peak to market trough). It is NOT designed to prevent normal market losses (under 20%). No strategy can assure a profit or protect from a loss. Occasional false signals can reduce returns.

Them: Buy and hold? Sell when you feel like it?

When markets get real ugly, do you just hold on and hope for the best? Sell at the first sign of trouble? How do you define trouble? Without a rules-based approach, you basically rely on gut.

Us: Proactive and helpful contact on a regular basis.

We call our clients on a regular basis because we understand the trust they have in us is earned, and we have a responsibility to keep them informed. We also know that situations change, goals morph, and sometimes adjustments need to be made. By keeping in touch, we believe we're better able to serve the broad financial needs of our clients in a friendly and stress-free manner.

Them: ...please leave your message after the beep.

Do you have a financial advisor? When is the last time they initiated contact? Too often in our industry, the onus is on the client to make contact. Regular contact isn't just important to keep you informed, it's important because listening to you is a prerequisite for understanding you.

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Discovery Meeting FAQs

What should I bring to the Discovery Meeting?

We have a helpful Discovery Items checklist. All items may not pertain to you and your situation, please bring items on the list you do have.

How long is a typical Discovery Meeting?

Typically these last anywhere between 60 to 90 minutes long.

Should both spouses attend?

We do ask that both spouses come to the Discovery Meeting, if at all possible. Finances are a big part of marriage and your family's future.

What if we need to reschedule?

We understand things come up. You can call us at 843.292.9997 to reschedule. If possible, please contact 24 hours in advance.

For Members of the Press

Our President, Regi Armstrong, regularly contributes and gives interviews to relevant outlets. He has been quoted, interviewed by, and/or profiled in both local and national media, and has a weekly Ask the Pros segment on the Good Morning Pee Dee radio program.

More information and media assets for members of the press can be found on our press page.

Important Information

The LPL Financial Registered Representatives associated with this site may only discuss and/or transact securities business with residents of the following states: Alabama (AL), California (CA), Colorado (CO), District of Columbia (DC), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), North Carolina (NC), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), Ohio (OH), Pennsylvania (PA) South Carolina (SC), Tennessee (TN), Texas (TX), Virginia (VA), Washington (WA), and Wisconsin (WI).
We are licensed to sell insurance products in the following states of: Georgia (GA), New Hampshire (NH), Maryland (MD) and South Carolina (SC).